Monday, May 18, 2015

Mummy Warrior: Figure 153 of 265

This week, again being short of free time to paint, I skipped doing another of the Klocke Classics figures, and instead I pulled out another figure from the Who's Your Mummy Set to work on. I prepped the figure in the usual way; soaking it in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish- soap added, then giving it a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying. I then glued the figure to a 1" black-primed fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and glued the washer to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's White Glue.
I began by painting the body of the figure with Folk Art "Barn Wood".

I then painted any exposed skin with Folk Art "Poppy Seed". Next, I painted the loin cloth, and head cloth with Folk Art "Deep Tomato Red". I painted the back of the shield with Americana "Mississippi Mud".

I then painted the collar piece, the top of the headdress, the scabbard, and the hangings at the waist with Americana "True Blue". Next, I painted his belt with Folk Art "Dark Brown". The handgrips on his weapons I painted Americana "Asphaltum". I followed with panting his shield, scythe, and assorted decorative adornments with Cermacoat "Bronze.

I then used the "Deep Tomato Red" and "True Blue" to paint the decorations on the shield. I tried to do this in a stippling way, not completely covering the sculpted design, to give the impression of chipped and worn paint. I then took some Reaper "Surf Aqua" and dabbed some areas of corrosion on to the shield and weapon.

When all the paint had had time to dry, I gave the entire figure a wash with GW "Agrax Earthshade" wash, using a wet brush.

When the wash had had time to dry, I started work on the highlights. First, I added simple dot eyes with Americana "Olive Green" (Which is actually a light, almost neon, green). I then highlighted the skin with the base "Poppy Seed", and I highlighted the wrappings with the base "Barn Wood". I highlighted the blue areas with the base "True Blue", and the red parts with the base "Deep Tomato Red". The gold decorations that I had painted with the "Bronze" , I highlighted with Ceramcoat "14K Gold". I didn't do the scythe or the shield as I was trying to distinguish between functional items that were actually bronze, and ornamental items that were made of gold. Lastly, I painted the figure's white integral base with Ceramcoat Walnut.

After everything had a day to dry, I gave the figure a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish". The next morning I gave the base a coat of Elmer's white glue, and dunked it in a sand mixture. When the sand had dried, I gave it a coat of the "Walnut" paint that I had heavily thinned. When this was dry, I drybrurshed the sand with first, Americana "Khaki Tan", an then Americana "Buttermilk". I then added a little light green static grass to the base. That evening I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.

I'm pleased with how this mummy turned out, particularly the weathering and corrosion on the shield and scythe.

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I've been a gamer since my high school days in the 70's. I'm married to Jennifer, and reside in Maryland. I am co-author, along with Buck Surdu, of "GASLIGHT" and several of its supplements, and "Look, Sarge, No Charts: WWII", and "LSNC: ACW". I also wrote the "Thunder & Plunder"; half of our Pirate rules, "Blood & Swash"
I am a founding member of the HAWKs wargames club.